Has new regulations on standards and powers for railway staff titles effective from September 1, 2023 been issued?
Has new regulations on standards and powers for railway staff titles effective from September 1, 2023 been issued?
On June 30, 2023, the Vietnam Ministry of Transport issued Circular 15/2023/TT-BGTVT regulating standards, duties, and powers for railway staff titles directly serving train operations; the content and training programs for institutions training railway staff titles directly serving train operations; and the conditions, content, process for examinees, issuance, reissuance, and revocation of train driving licenses on the railway.
Article 2 of Circular 15/2023/TT-BGTVT specifies the subjects to which Circular 15/2023/TT-BGTVT applies as follows:
The subjects are organizations and individuals related to train operation, training railway staff titles directly serving train operations; examining, issuing, reissuing, and revoking train driving licenses on the railway.
* Note: Circular 15/2023/TT-BGTVT will not apply to operators of railway vehicles for installing equipment, testing, and during construction of new railway projects.
Additionally, Article 4 of Circular 15/2023/TT-BGTVT regulates railway staff titles directly serving train operations on national railways and specialized railways as listed in points a, b, c, d, đ, e, g, h, i, clause 1, Article 35 of the Law on Railway Transport, deputy head of passenger train responsible for safety, and the title of the staff directly operating railway vehicles serving the enterprise's technological chain.
The titles stipulated in points a, b, c, d, dd, e, g, h, i, clause 1, Article 35 of the Law on Railway Transport 2017 include:
- Train captains;
- Drivers, co-drivers;
- Train dispatchers;
- Traffic controllers;
- Chief shunters;
- Pointsmen;
- Workers responsible for the coupling;
- Road, bridge and tunnel patrolling staff;
- Level crossing and road-rail bridge flagmen;
- Other workers according to each type of railway.
Furthermore, Article 20 of Circular 15/2023/TT-BGTVT also regulates the railway staff titles directly serving urban railway operations including:
- Traffic Controller;
- Train Driver;
- Train Operation Service Staff at Stations;
- Onboard Safety Support Staff.
Has new regulations on standards and powers for railway staff titles effective from September 1, 2023 been issued? (Image from the Internet)
What types of train driving licenses are there in Vietnam?
Article 27 of Circular 15/2023/TT-BGTVT stipulates the following types of train driving licenses:
* For national railways and specialized railways:
- Diesel locomotive driving license (including for diesel-powered railcars);
- Electric locomotive driving license (including for electrically-powered railcars);
- Steam locomotive driving license;
- Specialized vehicle driving license.
* For urban railways:
- Tram driving license (including for electric locomotives);
- Diesel locomotive driving license;
- Specialized vehicle driving license;
- The driving licenses mentioned in points a, b, c, clause 2, Article 27 of Circular 15/2023/TT-BGTVT are issued to foreign train drivers.
What are the eligibility requirements for issuing train driving licenses to train drivers in Vietnam?
Article 28 of Circular 15/2023/TT-BGTVT stipulates the following eligibility requirements for the issuance of train driving licenses:
(1) For train drivers on operational railway lines:
- Be of the age specified in point a, clause 3, Article 36 of the Law on Railway Transport 2017 and have sufficient health as prescribed by the Minister of Health for driving railway vehicles;
- Have a certificate or higher qualification on railway vehicle driving, corresponding to the type of vehicle to be examined, issued by the training institution;
- Have had a period of continuous safe assistant train driving of 24 months or more for the types of train driving licenses stipulated in points a, b, c, clause 1, Article 27 of Circular 15/2023/TT-BGTVT; 12 months or more for the type of train driving license stipulated in point d, clause 1, Article 27 of Circular 15/2023/TT-BGTVT;
- Have passed the examination and be evaluated as meeting the requirements by the examination council according to the regulations of this Circular.
(2) For the first train drivers on a newly introduced urban railway line with technology first used in Vietnam:
- Be of the age specified in point a, clause 3, Article 36 of the Law on Railway Transport 2017 and have sufficient health as prescribed by the Minister of Health for driving railway vehicles;
- Have a certificate or higher qualification on railway vehicle driving, corresponding to the type of vehicle to be examined, issued by a training institution in Vietnam; or a certificate on railway vehicle driving corresponding to the type of vehicle to be examined issued by a foreign organization, through the process of project training and technology transfer;
- Must meet the examination conditions and be evaluated as meeting the requirements by the examination council according to the regulations of Circular 15/2023/TT-BGTVT.
Note: Circular 15/2023/TT-BGTVT is effective from September 1, 2023.
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